[Historical Tables]
[Section 8 - Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category]
[Table 8.8 - Outlays for Discretionary Programs in Constant (FY 1996) Dollars: 1962-2007]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Table 8.8--OUTLAYS FOR DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS IN CONSTANT (FY 1996) DOLLARS: 1962-2007
(in billions of dollars)
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Category and Program 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
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National defense................................................ 288.4 283.2 288.0 266.6 296.8 349.6 380.2 362.0
Nondefense:
International affairs......................................... 35.8 31.9 26.6 26.1 27.0 26.7 22.9 17.9
General science, space and technology:
General science and basic research.......................... 3.2 3.3 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.1
Space and other technology.................................. 8.0 15.3 23.9 27.9 31.3 26.7 21.6 17.9
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Total General science, space and technology............... 11.2 18.6 28.3 32.3 35.9 31.2 26.0 22.1
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Energy........................................................ 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.6 4.0 4.2 4.9 4.5
Natural resources and environment............................. 14.7 15.2 15.2 15.6 16.5 16.2 15.8 14.8
Agriculture................................................... 2.3 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.6 3.3
Commerce and housing credit................................... 8.7 8.3 6.8 9.1 9.9 11.2 9.9 4.6
Transportation:
Ground transportation....................................... 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.2
Air transportation.......................................... 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.9 4.9 5.2
Water and other transportation.............................. 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.7
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Total Transportation...................................... 9.2 8.9 8.5 9.0 8.8 9.2 9.5 10.1
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Community and regional development............................ 2.6 3.0 4.8 5.4 5.1 4.8 5.9 6.4
Education, training, employment and social services:
Education................................................... 3.7 4.1 4.3 5.2 10.7 15.4 17.0 15.4
Training, employment and social services.................... 1.7 1.8 2.2 4.1 8.8 11.2 13.0 12.8
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Total Education, training, employment and social services. 5.3 5.9 6.5 9.3 19.5 26.7 30.0 28.2
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Health........................................................ 6.4 7.2 8.5 7.8 8.7 10.2 11.6 12.0
Medicare...................................................... ......... ......... ......... ......... 0.3 1.1 1.0 1.3
Income security:
Housing assistance.......................................... 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.4
Other....................................................... 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8
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Total Income security..................................... 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.2
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Social security............................................... 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.6 2.6
Veterans benefits and services................................ 6.0 6.1 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.7 6.8 7.0
Administration of justice..................................... 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.9
General government............................................ 8.2 8.2 9.5 8.8 9.1 9.3 8.9 8.5
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Total nondefense........................................ 122.0 127.0 135.3 144.7 162.3 168.8 165.5 149.3
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Total outlays for discretionary programs........................ 410.4 410.2 423.3 411.3 459.1 518.5 545.6 511.3
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See footnotes at end of table.